BRADY SO EXCITED FOR SNACK!
AUBREY LOVED HER JUICE!
CAMERON THINKING THE OTHER KIDS SNACK WAS MORE INTERESTING!
MATTHEW SHOWING US HE WAS TOO COOL TO USE HIS HANDS!
Monday, June 14, 2010
Snack time!
We started doing snack time with the babies today with a little water and a splash of juice in their sippy cups and some puffs. They had a ball sitting in the kitchen having snack with the big kids!
BRADY SO EXCITED FOR SNACK!
AUBREY LOVED HER JUICE!
CAMERON THINKING THE OTHER KIDS SNACK WAS MORE INTERESTING!
MATTHEW SHOWING US HE WAS TOO COOL TO USE HIS HANDS!
BRADY SO EXCITED FOR SNACK!
AUBREY LOVED HER JUICE!
CAMERON THINKING THE OTHER KIDS SNACK WAS MORE INTERESTING!
MATTHEW SHOWING US HE WAS TOO COOL TO USE HIS HANDS!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
You know your a quad mommy when...
Many of these were listed on another multiples mom’s website the other day and had to share it with everyone as well as add a few of my own! I was laughing so hard at some of these because this really is our life now! I hope you all get a good laugh today! :)
You Know You Have Quadruplets When:
Everyone asks if you had your stroller specially made.
You are asked repeatedly are they all the same age.
Putting away the 3 loads of laundry you just did is considered a mini vacation.
A mini van is just not big enough to go to the grocery store with...especially when you are bringing your kids!
Everywhere you go people stare, point or think it is ok to stop you in the middle of the road to peek at your children.
Taking a walk around the neighborhood is a full day event.
You need 2 regular sized cans of formula to get through a 24 hour period.
Complete strangers take pictures of your kids in their stroller... and they wonder why we call them the Paparazzi??? (YES THIS HAS HAPPENED! LOL!)
You’ve ever truly considered strangling someone who said, “you’ve got your hands full”, "are they all yours", "better you than me" or “I’d shoot myself”.
Crying is heard not just in stereo, but in surround sound!
You call the pedi office and need to have all of them seen so they tell you to pick a time because they need to rearrange the entire schedule to accommodate you!
You go to an amusement park with your quad stroller only to realize YOU’VE become the source of amusement, or you go to the Zoo and find the other visitors watching your kids more than the animals!
You are not horrified at the idea of “waking a sleeping baby” to eat. After all, when it is time to eat it is time to eat, you don't mess with the master schedule!
All your friends have multiples.
Your main connection to the outside world is through Facebook, message boards and MoM's blogs.
Some of your best friends you have never even met in person.
You arrive at your doctor’s appointments early just to read the magazines in peace.
Root canals are a great chance to catch up on your sleep.
You laugh at singleton moms that are struggling to get their stroller out of the car.
You can unload four babies from car seats and put them in your stroller WHILE you are laughing at the singleton mom getting her stroller out of her car.
You wonder how come singleton moms need a diaper bag the size of a suitcase, while you travel with enough for your babies in a bag half the size.
Your husband has seriously tried to add GPS and motorize your stroller.
There is no room in your refrigerator for food, all available space is occupied by pre-prepared bottles of formula.
You look at a closet full of diapers and think “I’m running low”
A regular sized pack of diapers lasts only 3 days.
You can throw French-fries to the rear set of seats without looking and none end up on the floor.
You consider wearing jeans being 'dressed up', and it's a formal event if you're wearing make-up
You can change diapers standing up, while in line, at the Children’s Museum.
You feel like a sheepherder instead of a parent
You have people asking if you run a daycare because that’s what your yard looks like.
You can carry 4 plates of food and 4 cups to the table without spilling anything and you’ve never been a waitress.
A trip to Walmart for diapers is a vacation even at 1:am.
Your stroller is worth more than your first car was.
You can hold at least four conversations at the same time.
You no longer have a proper name you are either “The Lady With the Quads” or Moooooooooommmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyyy
You consider your shower Mommy time.
Your shower is now the most precious time of the day, if you get one.
You find yourself singing songs from Yo Gabba Gabba while at Walmart.
You can quote Monster’s Inc. verbatim.
You do your grocery shopping in stores with aisles wide enough to accommodate your stroller
You automatically divide or multiply everything by four.
You have diapers in your purse, in the glove compartment, your desk drawer and in every room of the house – just in case.
Every square inch of seating in your vehicle is taken by car seats.
Your vacuum cleaner never makes it back into the closet.
You can sweep, talk on the phone, AND read to your children all at the same time.
Your monthly grocery budget is greater than the annual budget for the State of Rhode Island.
Four hours of sleep is “fully rested” and falling asleep over the kitchen sink is a “fulfilling nap”
The first thing you ask upon arriving home is for the poop and pee report.
2 minute tasks take 30 minutes because you have to keep returning to the play room to break up fights, peel the kids from the wall, change a diaper you can actually smell from the next room, break up more fights, remove a child from the top of the couch, perform surgery on the VCR because there is an UFO inside of it, fill sippy cups back up with water because whatever was in them disappeared mysteriously (only later when you sit down on the couch you will find where it went) remind them not to jump on each other, break up a few more fights and change more poopy diapers.
You curse stores for only having two of something in a package, or for only having two of something on their shelf.
You buy Baby Motrin, Cough Syrup, etc, 4 at a time, and the clerk looks at you funny, while the whole time you are wishing they sold it in gallon containers.
You pull 4 tickets for Car seats at Babies R Us to take to the register, and when you get there the clerk says, “Ma’am, I think you picked up too many of these or they must have been stuck together”
You’ve fallen asleep in any of these places: The shower, washing dishes, sitting on the floor reading them a book, with your fork on the way to your mouth.
You agonize over what it will be like when they get to school and you have four teachers to visit on parent night, three different sets of homework, and your babies aren’t even out of the NICU yet.
Instead of a wallet full of photos you carry around a CD because it holds 700 megabytes of them.
Everyone in the neighborhood knows who you are, even though you’ve never met them before.
The grocery store clerk has commented on the 6-9 gallons of milk you buy each week, telling you it would be cheaper to buy a cow.
You know how to prop bottles with wadded up receiving blankets.
You’ve ever been so sleepy that you can fall asleep with the baby lying on your chest and fail to wake up despite the fact that the baby is screaming directly into your left ear.
You are both shocked by the rudeness, and amazed by the kindness of strangers in the same 60 seconds upon entering Walmart.
Walmart is probably your favorite store, since its open 24 hours and diapers and formula are cheaper there. Oh, and you consider going to Walmart at 11pm “going out”
If you’ve ever charted poops, pees, and food intake in an Excel schedule.
You know at one time you did have a spouse, but now you can’t remember
You have to wash the dinner dishes by hand because the dishwasher is full of bottles and sippies.
The singleton mom in front of you at Walmart buying one can of formula and one bag of diapers complains about the price and you have to restrain yourself from hitting a complete stranger.
The clerks at the grocery store have to regularly restrain you from pummeling any singleton mom that takes the last multi seat-shopping cart.
You are both revered and hated by the staff at your pediatrician’s office.
You don’t see anything unusual with the fact that you know not one, but several, quadruplet moms.
You no longer have to wonder what a “poop painting” would look like.
A complete stranger walks up to you in the mall and says “my niece has quadruplets, her name is _________ do you know her?” and you can answer “yes I do”
The awareness of silence strikes terror into your soul.
You know the black market value of a Runabout stroller.
You know the black market value of a Choo Choo wagon.
You know what a Choo Choo wagon is.
You consider cereal dumped on the middle of the floor, not to be bad parenting, but rather a unique picnic breakfast!
All kids are aware that any sippy cup left unattended is fair game.
You use the word singleton.
You need a hitch for your stroller
Your stroller dictates what kind of vehicle you can drive
You refer to your babies as A, B, C and D
$15.00 baby outfits seem too expensive.
You buy a single weeks worth of formula, and the clerk asks you if you are stocking up.
You laugh at singleton moms for sterilizing pacifiers. You can’t stop yours from sucking on each others fingers, nose, ears, toes etc, so you just shake your head because you know those germs are building up their immune system.
You intentionally feed all 4 kids from the same spoon and bowel even though one is sick, because you can’t bear the thought of 4 consecutive 2 week cold sessions, you’d rather have them sick at the same time.
After 20 minutes in the car you realize you are not only listening to the kids tape, but you are singing along with it, and there are no kids in the car.
The $250 travel system stroller that singleton moms complain about being too big, look like toy strollers to you.
You’re not sure if what you squeezed on your toothbrush was toothpaste or diaper ointment, but you’re too tired to care, and too tired to check, so you keep brushing anyway.
You say to your husband “if you wake up these babies I’ll kill you” and you mean it.
It doesn’t matter, you ARE buying them out of ProSoBee, and the other moms can just get over it.
All of a sudden everyone you know, knows someone with quadruplets.
Crib Tents? You can’t afford NOT to buy them.
You know what a crib tent is!
You consider leashes a viable safety option
You burst into laughter at the site of a diaper Genie… AS IF….!!
You bought a dog (or have thought about it) to cut down on post meal cleanup time.
On the way to rescue a paper towel roll on the verge of destruction you suddenly realize that it might buy you 5 minutes to check your e-mail.
The next day, the kids wake up too early, you open their door long enough to throw in a couple of rolls of paper towels and you go back to bed.
Your home has become a complex maze of gates, locks and barricades.
Your kids have never actually walked through the zoo or store, because getting out of the stroller is NOT an option.
You seriously wish someone would sell Orajel in a toothpaste-sized tube. Is this little tiny tube supposed to be a joke? And that’s with the one day supply of infant Tylenol… don’t they know I need a 10oz bottle?
You delivered 17 lbs of baby, and didn’t set any records.
You don’t think the Suburban is a large vehicle.
When hearing of a new pregnancy, you first question is “just one?”
You call one baby a singleton (before your quads arrived, it was just “a baby”)
You send 7 invitations to a birthday party, and you have 15 kids show up, and you were expecting more.
It's considered a 'date' if you husband goes with you to the Mother's of Multiples garage sale.
You start to question phrases like: "God will only give you what you can handle"
And you just pray a lot more in general!
Have a great day!
You Know You Have Quadruplets When:
Everyone asks if you had your stroller specially made.
You are asked repeatedly are they all the same age.
Putting away the 3 loads of laundry you just did is considered a mini vacation.
A mini van is just not big enough to go to the grocery store with...especially when you are bringing your kids!
Everywhere you go people stare, point or think it is ok to stop you in the middle of the road to peek at your children.
Taking a walk around the neighborhood is a full day event.
You need 2 regular sized cans of formula to get through a 24 hour period.
Complete strangers take pictures of your kids in their stroller... and they wonder why we call them the Paparazzi??? (YES THIS HAS HAPPENED! LOL!)
You’ve ever truly considered strangling someone who said, “you’ve got your hands full”, "are they all yours", "better you than me" or “I’d shoot myself”.
Crying is heard not just in stereo, but in surround sound!
You call the pedi office and need to have all of them seen so they tell you to pick a time because they need to rearrange the entire schedule to accommodate you!
You go to an amusement park with your quad stroller only to realize YOU’VE become the source of amusement, or you go to the Zoo and find the other visitors watching your kids more than the animals!
You are not horrified at the idea of “waking a sleeping baby” to eat. After all, when it is time to eat it is time to eat, you don't mess with the master schedule!
All your friends have multiples.
Your main connection to the outside world is through Facebook, message boards and MoM's blogs.
Some of your best friends you have never even met in person.
You arrive at your doctor’s appointments early just to read the magazines in peace.
Root canals are a great chance to catch up on your sleep.
You laugh at singleton moms that are struggling to get their stroller out of the car.
You can unload four babies from car seats and put them in your stroller WHILE you are laughing at the singleton mom getting her stroller out of her car.
You wonder how come singleton moms need a diaper bag the size of a suitcase, while you travel with enough for your babies in a bag half the size.
Your husband has seriously tried to add GPS and motorize your stroller.
There is no room in your refrigerator for food, all available space is occupied by pre-prepared bottles of formula.
You look at a closet full of diapers and think “I’m running low”
A regular sized pack of diapers lasts only 3 days.
You can throw French-fries to the rear set of seats without looking and none end up on the floor.
You consider wearing jeans being 'dressed up', and it's a formal event if you're wearing make-up
You can change diapers standing up, while in line, at the Children’s Museum.
You feel like a sheepherder instead of a parent
You have people asking if you run a daycare because that’s what your yard looks like.
You can carry 4 plates of food and 4 cups to the table without spilling anything and you’ve never been a waitress.
A trip to Walmart for diapers is a vacation even at 1:am.
Your stroller is worth more than your first car was.
You can hold at least four conversations at the same time.
You no longer have a proper name you are either “The Lady With the Quads” or Moooooooooommmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyyy
You consider your shower Mommy time.
Your shower is now the most precious time of the day, if you get one.
You find yourself singing songs from Yo Gabba Gabba while at Walmart.
You can quote Monster’s Inc. verbatim.
You do your grocery shopping in stores with aisles wide enough to accommodate your stroller
You automatically divide or multiply everything by four.
You have diapers in your purse, in the glove compartment, your desk drawer and in every room of the house – just in case.
Every square inch of seating in your vehicle is taken by car seats.
Your vacuum cleaner never makes it back into the closet.
You can sweep, talk on the phone, AND read to your children all at the same time.
Your monthly grocery budget is greater than the annual budget for the State of Rhode Island.
Four hours of sleep is “fully rested” and falling asleep over the kitchen sink is a “fulfilling nap”
The first thing you ask upon arriving home is for the poop and pee report.
2 minute tasks take 30 minutes because you have to keep returning to the play room to break up fights, peel the kids from the wall, change a diaper you can actually smell from the next room, break up more fights, remove a child from the top of the couch, perform surgery on the VCR because there is an UFO inside of it, fill sippy cups back up with water because whatever was in them disappeared mysteriously (only later when you sit down on the couch you will find where it went) remind them not to jump on each other, break up a few more fights and change more poopy diapers.
You curse stores for only having two of something in a package, or for only having two of something on their shelf.
You buy Baby Motrin, Cough Syrup, etc, 4 at a time, and the clerk looks at you funny, while the whole time you are wishing they sold it in gallon containers.
You pull 4 tickets for Car seats at Babies R Us to take to the register, and when you get there the clerk says, “Ma’am, I think you picked up too many of these or they must have been stuck together”
You’ve fallen asleep in any of these places: The shower, washing dishes, sitting on the floor reading them a book, with your fork on the way to your mouth.
You agonize over what it will be like when they get to school and you have four teachers to visit on parent night, three different sets of homework, and your babies aren’t even out of the NICU yet.
Instead of a wallet full of photos you carry around a CD because it holds 700 megabytes of them.
Everyone in the neighborhood knows who you are, even though you’ve never met them before.
The grocery store clerk has commented on the 6-9 gallons of milk you buy each week, telling you it would be cheaper to buy a cow.
You know how to prop bottles with wadded up receiving blankets.
You’ve ever been so sleepy that you can fall asleep with the baby lying on your chest and fail to wake up despite the fact that the baby is screaming directly into your left ear.
You are both shocked by the rudeness, and amazed by the kindness of strangers in the same 60 seconds upon entering Walmart.
Walmart is probably your favorite store, since its open 24 hours and diapers and formula are cheaper there. Oh, and you consider going to Walmart at 11pm “going out”
If you’ve ever charted poops, pees, and food intake in an Excel schedule.
You know at one time you did have a spouse, but now you can’t remember
You have to wash the dinner dishes by hand because the dishwasher is full of bottles and sippies.
The singleton mom in front of you at Walmart buying one can of formula and one bag of diapers complains about the price and you have to restrain yourself from hitting a complete stranger.
The clerks at the grocery store have to regularly restrain you from pummeling any singleton mom that takes the last multi seat-shopping cart.
You are both revered and hated by the staff at your pediatrician’s office.
You don’t see anything unusual with the fact that you know not one, but several, quadruplet moms.
You no longer have to wonder what a “poop painting” would look like.
A complete stranger walks up to you in the mall and says “my niece has quadruplets, her name is _________ do you know her?” and you can answer “yes I do”
The awareness of silence strikes terror into your soul.
You know the black market value of a Runabout stroller.
You know the black market value of a Choo Choo wagon.
You know what a Choo Choo wagon is.
You consider cereal dumped on the middle of the floor, not to be bad parenting, but rather a unique picnic breakfast!
All kids are aware that any sippy cup left unattended is fair game.
You use the word singleton.
You need a hitch for your stroller
Your stroller dictates what kind of vehicle you can drive
You refer to your babies as A, B, C and D
$15.00 baby outfits seem too expensive.
You buy a single weeks worth of formula, and the clerk asks you if you are stocking up.
You laugh at singleton moms for sterilizing pacifiers. You can’t stop yours from sucking on each others fingers, nose, ears, toes etc, so you just shake your head because you know those germs are building up their immune system.
You intentionally feed all 4 kids from the same spoon and bowel even though one is sick, because you can’t bear the thought of 4 consecutive 2 week cold sessions, you’d rather have them sick at the same time.
After 20 minutes in the car you realize you are not only listening to the kids tape, but you are singing along with it, and there are no kids in the car.
The $250 travel system stroller that singleton moms complain about being too big, look like toy strollers to you.
You’re not sure if what you squeezed on your toothbrush was toothpaste or diaper ointment, but you’re too tired to care, and too tired to check, so you keep brushing anyway.
You say to your husband “if you wake up these babies I’ll kill you” and you mean it.
It doesn’t matter, you ARE buying them out of ProSoBee, and the other moms can just get over it.
All of a sudden everyone you know, knows someone with quadruplets.
Crib Tents? You can’t afford NOT to buy them.
You know what a crib tent is!
You consider leashes a viable safety option
You burst into laughter at the site of a diaper Genie… AS IF….!!
You bought a dog (or have thought about it) to cut down on post meal cleanup time.
On the way to rescue a paper towel roll on the verge of destruction you suddenly realize that it might buy you 5 minutes to check your e-mail.
The next day, the kids wake up too early, you open their door long enough to throw in a couple of rolls of paper towels and you go back to bed.
Your home has become a complex maze of gates, locks and barricades.
Your kids have never actually walked through the zoo or store, because getting out of the stroller is NOT an option.
You seriously wish someone would sell Orajel in a toothpaste-sized tube. Is this little tiny tube supposed to be a joke? And that’s with the one day supply of infant Tylenol… don’t they know I need a 10oz bottle?
You delivered 17 lbs of baby, and didn’t set any records.
You don’t think the Suburban is a large vehicle.
When hearing of a new pregnancy, you first question is “just one?”
You call one baby a singleton (before your quads arrived, it was just “a baby”)
You send 7 invitations to a birthday party, and you have 15 kids show up, and you were expecting more.
It's considered a 'date' if you husband goes with you to the Mother's of Multiples garage sale.
You start to question phrases like: "God will only give you what you can handle"
And you just pray a lot more in general!
Have a great day!
neglecting the blog
I just realized it has been a week since I updated the blog, not due to lack of things to share but lack of time. I thought as the quads got older things would get easier and I would have more time to get things done like housework, my pregnancy scrapbook and now ones for the babies however it seems like just the opposite! The older they are getting the more active they are becoming and when they go to bed I just feel like doing NOTHING! I am so worn out from the day that I don't amount to much.
All four of them are now sitting unassisted and hardly ever take a tumble. They can all roll, scoot and spin in circles to get where they want to do and Matthew is getting up on all fours. He seems to think bed time is the time to practice his new trick and does not like to lay down and go to sleep. The other night Ben went up to lay Matthew down yet again because he was making so much racket he was keeping the others from falling asleep. Just as Ben finished giving Matthew the lecture about staying at the top of his bed and going to sleep Brady piped up and said "HA HA!" How can you not laugh?!?! It was almost like he was picking on his brother for getting in trouble.
The four of them are easily bored and we have to keep them engaged at all times lately. I bought them some small sensory balls and they seem to like to feel them and the boys will roll them back and forth to each other but when Aubrey catches them she doesn't share well. Aubrey thinks that she is the boss of everyone and everything! Anytime that I am giving the boys, Ben or the day care kids heck about anything she runs her mouth to them too. She is all girl! LOL!
The bath ring is gone now that they can sit up so playing and splashing in the tub is big now. I usually get totally soaked while giving baths and the floor gets a good washing too so I guess that is one way to get in some neglected housework!
Night time is back to normal with babies sleeping through the night other than the occasional wake up to get a paci then back to sleep. I am trying to figure out how to go to 2 naps a day but the babies are not cooperating so we are sticking with the 3. One at 8:30 for 30-60 minutes, one at 11:30 for 60-90 minutes and one at 3:30 for 30 minutes with bedtime at 7:30. Ideally I would love to do one around 10 for a couple hours and one around 3 for an hour. I guess that will come in time, for now I have to be happy they are all on the same schedule and napping each day.
Brady was the first to show signs of teething yet he has yet to get a tooth. Matthew has 2 very cute ones on the bottom and Cameron has one poking out on the bottom too. Aubrey has no teeth yet either.
They are all very vocal lately and let each other know if they don't like something. They are definitely moving with intent now. Usually the intent is to steal a toy or paci from a sibling! LOL! I know it is only the beginning of them fighting over stuff.
We don't have a home health nurse anymore so we did a quick weigh in on our scales the other night at bath time and they are still gaining well...
Matthew 19.5 lbs
Brady 23.5 lbs
Aubrey 16.5 lbs
Cameron 20.5 lbs
Their early support coordinator thinks they are well above their adjusted age of almost 7 months and are very close to hitting milestones of their true age of almost 9 months. I like having them come and keep an eye on them so I am hoping the babies do not go to far above what is expected or we will lose this fantastic service.
We have been sampling some foods with the babies the past week and so far yogurt has been a huge hit with the four of them. Matthew and Brady like Rice Crispies and the puffs but Aubrey and Cameron are having a hard time with them. Cameron gags and chokes on any food he has been offered so he may be getting evaluated by a chewing and swallowing specialist to make sure there are no issues there other than him just being young.
That pretty much sums up what has been going on this past week!
All four of them are now sitting unassisted and hardly ever take a tumble. They can all roll, scoot and spin in circles to get where they want to do and Matthew is getting up on all fours. He seems to think bed time is the time to practice his new trick and does not like to lay down and go to sleep. The other night Ben went up to lay Matthew down yet again because he was making so much racket he was keeping the others from falling asleep. Just as Ben finished giving Matthew the lecture about staying at the top of his bed and going to sleep Brady piped up and said "HA HA!" How can you not laugh?!?! It was almost like he was picking on his brother for getting in trouble.
The four of them are easily bored and we have to keep them engaged at all times lately. I bought them some small sensory balls and they seem to like to feel them and the boys will roll them back and forth to each other but when Aubrey catches them she doesn't share well. Aubrey thinks that she is the boss of everyone and everything! Anytime that I am giving the boys, Ben or the day care kids heck about anything she runs her mouth to them too. She is all girl! LOL!
The bath ring is gone now that they can sit up so playing and splashing in the tub is big now. I usually get totally soaked while giving baths and the floor gets a good washing too so I guess that is one way to get in some neglected housework!
Night time is back to normal with babies sleeping through the night other than the occasional wake up to get a paci then back to sleep. I am trying to figure out how to go to 2 naps a day but the babies are not cooperating so we are sticking with the 3. One at 8:30 for 30-60 minutes, one at 11:30 for 60-90 minutes and one at 3:30 for 30 minutes with bedtime at 7:30. Ideally I would love to do one around 10 for a couple hours and one around 3 for an hour. I guess that will come in time, for now I have to be happy they are all on the same schedule and napping each day.
Brady was the first to show signs of teething yet he has yet to get a tooth. Matthew has 2 very cute ones on the bottom and Cameron has one poking out on the bottom too. Aubrey has no teeth yet either.
They are all very vocal lately and let each other know if they don't like something. They are definitely moving with intent now. Usually the intent is to steal a toy or paci from a sibling! LOL! I know it is only the beginning of them fighting over stuff.
We don't have a home health nurse anymore so we did a quick weigh in on our scales the other night at bath time and they are still gaining well...
Matthew 19.5 lbs
Brady 23.5 lbs
Aubrey 16.5 lbs
Cameron 20.5 lbs
Their early support coordinator thinks they are well above their adjusted age of almost 7 months and are very close to hitting milestones of their true age of almost 9 months. I like having them come and keep an eye on them so I am hoping the babies do not go to far above what is expected or we will lose this fantastic service.
We have been sampling some foods with the babies the past week and so far yogurt has been a huge hit with the four of them. Matthew and Brady like Rice Crispies and the puffs but Aubrey and Cameron are having a hard time with them. Cameron gags and chokes on any food he has been offered so he may be getting evaluated by a chewing and swallowing specialist to make sure there are no issues there other than him just being young.
That pretty much sums up what has been going on this past week!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
More teeth!
Cameron cut a tooth today! I thought he would be the first one then Matthew snuck by him and cut two last week. That explains some of the fussiness and sleepless nights we have been suffering through the past couple weeks. Now hopefully we get some rest before the other two decided they want to join the cool tooth club.
All four of them are now sitting on their own for at least a couple minutes at a time. Cameron was the first to really do more than a few seconds which made me happy because he is usually the last to do everything. It makes me happy to see them doing things that are in time with their actual age but it makes me a little sad to see them getting farther and farther from the newborn stages. It is unbelievable that they are moving around and finding ways to get where they want to go. It doesn't seem possible that they are old enough to do that already!
All four of them are now sitting on their own for at least a couple minutes at a time. Cameron was the first to really do more than a few seconds which made me happy because he is usually the last to do everything. It makes me happy to see them doing things that are in time with their actual age but it makes me a little sad to see them getting farther and farther from the newborn stages. It is unbelievable that they are moving around and finding ways to get where they want to go. It doesn't seem possible that they are old enough to do that already!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Memorial Weekend
We had a busy but super fun three day weekend with the kids and now I am wishing that every weekend was a three day weekend...two days simply isn't enough!
Saturday started out PERFECT for me! Ben let me sleep in (sad I call sleeping until 6:53 sleeping in!), we fed the babies then he cooked me breakfast and dressed the babies while I showered. It was a nice break! I put some orajel on Matthew's gums and found that his second tooth popped though. After that we went and watched some of the day care kids play baseball. The babies loved all the attention they got and watching the kids run around. We went to Walmart and then came home and played in the outdoor play area Ben set up this week for the babies complete with padded ground and a tent over the top for shade. We all had fun spending a couple hours playing out there! After the babies went to bed for the night I got a much needed girls night out with two of the best girl friends anyone could ask for. I miss seeing all my friends now that life is so busy with the quads.
Sunday we spent the day at the campground with family and friends. The babies loved the new sites and playing with the puppies. I guess they are going to be more like their dad than their mom when it comes to animals! It was too cold to go swimming but we kept busy walking around and playing with everyone that was there. By the end of the day they were just as tired as Ben and I were.
Today we brought them to the Parade. They got a little antsy waiting for the parade to get down to where we were but once it did they watched in amazement. It doesn't take much to entertain them! This afternoon got warm enough that we were able to get them into their kiddie pool. They showed off their newly acquired sitting by themselves skills while they were in the pool until Brady face planted in the water. The boys loved it! Aubrey...not so much! She is such a little diva! Now on to the week which looks pretty uneventful so far, well as uneventful as it can be when you have quadruplets!
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Saturday started out PERFECT for me! Ben let me sleep in (sad I call sleeping until 6:53 sleeping in!), we fed the babies then he cooked me breakfast and dressed the babies while I showered. It was a nice break! I put some orajel on Matthew's gums and found that his second tooth popped though. After that we went and watched some of the day care kids play baseball. The babies loved all the attention they got and watching the kids run around. We went to Walmart and then came home and played in the outdoor play area Ben set up this week for the babies complete with padded ground and a tent over the top for shade. We all had fun spending a couple hours playing out there! After the babies went to bed for the night I got a much needed girls night out with two of the best girl friends anyone could ask for. I miss seeing all my friends now that life is so busy with the quads.
Sunday we spent the day at the campground with family and friends. The babies loved the new sites and playing with the puppies. I guess they are going to be more like their dad than their mom when it comes to animals! It was too cold to go swimming but we kept busy walking around and playing with everyone that was there. By the end of the day they were just as tired as Ben and I were.
Today we brought them to the Parade. They got a little antsy waiting for the parade to get down to where we were but once it did they watched in amazement. It doesn't take much to entertain them! This afternoon got warm enough that we were able to get them into their kiddie pool. They showed off their newly acquired sitting by themselves skills while they were in the pool until Brady face planted in the water. The boys loved it! Aubrey...not so much! She is such a little diva! Now on to the week which looks pretty uneventful so far, well as uneventful as it can be when you have quadruplets!
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
And the first tooth award goes to...
MATTHEW! His first tooth popped through this afternoon...maybe that will explain why he has been soooo crabby and not sleeping for anything at night. I hope that does anyway since if that isn't it then I think we may start to go crazy with this no sleep business. You can feel Brady's right below the surface and I thought for sure Cameron would be the first one since I could feel his several days ago so close.
They are all playing together and taking toys from each other at every chance they get. We set up an outdoor play area with rubber mats and a pop up tent so they will be shaded and have a safe place to play. They love being outside!
We are looking forward to the three day weekend! The babies are going to get their first taste of swimming this weekend as long as the weather is nice and the pool is warm, if not we may take them to the local hotel and let them try an indoor pool. They love the bath so I hope that they enjoy the pool. Monday we are going to bring them to a parade and see what they think of that. They are easily amused with people and sights so I think the parade will be a big hit!
They are all playing together and taking toys from each other at every chance they get. We set up an outdoor play area with rubber mats and a pop up tent so they will be shaded and have a safe place to play. They love being outside!
We are looking forward to the three day weekend! The babies are going to get their first taste of swimming this weekend as long as the weather is nice and the pool is warm, if not we may take them to the local hotel and let them try an indoor pool. They love the bath so I hope that they enjoy the pool. Monday we are going to bring them to a parade and see what they think of that. They are easily amused with people and sights so I think the parade will be a big hit!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Swinging Fun
Ben cleaned up the yard this week and put up the infant swing on the swing set so the babies so we could see if they would like to swing outside. They sure did! All 4 of them laughed and smiled and were not happy when it was time to give one of their siblings a turn.
Yesterday the babies, my dad and I took the trip to Jay, VT to see my nephew play in his tball game. I cannot believe he will be 5 next month! We went to lunch after his game and he was so funny! He told me that if I needed some alone time I could go look around the store and he would watch the babies...LOL!
Today we went to the greenhouse to get stuff for the garden and grocery shopping then we had some company for a cookout. The babies had a great time playing with Uncle Dan and when Auntie Allison came back from her shower they had fun with her too. We wish they didn't live so far away so we could spend more time with them. Uncle Tom and Auntie Kate came for a cookout too then helped with bedtime. It is nice to have them there for bedtime feedings a couple times a week. It goes so much easier since they are not patient enough to wait for a bottle when it is bed time!
I have to share pictures of them on the swing, even one with Brady sitting on the big boy swing with Daddy and one of Aubrey in my favorite onesie, it says "worth the wait". That is so true the moment they were born all the hurt of wanting a child was erased and replaced with so much joy.
AUBREY
CAMERON
MATTHEW
BRADY
Yesterday the babies, my dad and I took the trip to Jay, VT to see my nephew play in his tball game. I cannot believe he will be 5 next month! We went to lunch after his game and he was so funny! He told me that if I needed some alone time I could go look around the store and he would watch the babies...LOL!
Today we went to the greenhouse to get stuff for the garden and grocery shopping then we had some company for a cookout. The babies had a great time playing with Uncle Dan and when Auntie Allison came back from her shower they had fun with her too. We wish they didn't live so far away so we could spend more time with them. Uncle Tom and Auntie Kate came for a cookout too then helped with bedtime. It is nice to have them there for bedtime feedings a couple times a week. It goes so much easier since they are not patient enough to wait for a bottle when it is bed time!
I have to share pictures of them on the swing, even one with Brady sitting on the big boy swing with Daddy and one of Aubrey in my favorite onesie, it says "worth the wait". That is so true the moment they were born all the hurt of wanting a child was erased and replaced with so much joy.
AUBREY
CAMERON
MATTHEW
BRADY
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